Leão the orphan dog has a home!

Great news, people! Leão (“Lion” in Portuguese), whose ownerhad been killed by a mudslide in Teresópolis, Brazil, has been adopted! A family who lives in Barra da Tijuca took him home, and he will now enjoy life in a nice neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Caramelo (“Caramel” in Portuguese – the name the shelter workers gave him) was rescued on Friday by volunteers helping animals in Teresópolis — one of the towns at the Southeastern part of Brazil that has been hit by heavy rains the whole week. (It’s still raining there.)

When rescued, Caramelo was unharmed but very scared, so the team had to muzzle him to be able to transport him. A group of volunteers, NGO members and government staff rescued so far 180 animals in the towns of Teresópolis and Petrópolis.

The animals are being taken to a warehouse or a school nearby to be cleaned, fed and checked by volunteer vets. Unclaimed animals will be put up for adoption. Anyone interested in adopting animals can get in touch with the volunteers over the phone 5521-9632-8115 or by e-mail andrealambertvet@gmail.com.

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In the midst of their fear and confusion, each sweet face is full of love and the tails still wag.. God speed to them and their wonderful rescuers.

http://www.thedailytail.com Daniela Caride

I’m praying many of them get into foster homes quickly. My friends Marise Caetano, whom I met through this web site and lives in the area, opened her heart and her home to several dogs in need. THANK YOU, MARISE!!!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LIYE5QXZE6VURF2CQIOV5ETA3A Tania

Oh, they are all so cute! I really hope they all get wonderful forever homes soon. Also, I am thrilled that Caramelo has a new home. Hopefully, his new owners can help him heal from the trauma of losing his former owner.

http://www.thedailytail.com Daniela Caride

I agree, Tania. Dogs are able to adapt really well to new loving homes. I’m very happy he’s safe now. :-)

http://www.thedailytail.com Daniela Caride

I would like to thank Marcia Amaral, our faithful reader, for sending me so many wonderful links about the story of Leao and the mudslides. THANK YOU, MARCIA!!

Marise

Dani, I just learned that Caramelo escaped from his new home. He jumped the wall and ran away. People are looking for him and they think he ran away, trying to go back to his mistress’ grave. So sad. I really hope they recover him.

I’m looking to adopt a dog. Not sure if my parents will allow one, but I would prefer a small/medium sized. The breed type doesn’t matter as much. I came here to live with my parents from the US and have no friends of any sort so I want to shelter a dog for a time being as a companion until it can be adopted. I plan on staying for 6-8 months here in Rio

http://www.thedailytail.com Daniela Caride

Hi Ian, having a dog in one’s life is such a wonderful thing. I have three, and would love to have more. They bring us so much joy. But dogs also require lots of responsibilities. Dogs are like children that never grow up. They need constant and regular care – walks, feeding, medical expenses. I’d recommend you to discuss it with your parents first, since there will be conflict if someone in the household is against having a dog. Keep us posted!

Ian_m911

Hi there Daniela, I talked about sheltering a dog to help a local shelter. My parents don’t mind if a dog lives with us. I’m trying to look for a small/medium sized dog to help take care of until a real owner could be found. I just want to have a companion to spend time with while I’m here in Brazil and help the animal situation in Rio. Thing is, I don’t really know of any Shelters in Brazil, there aren’t any really when I look online. Do you know of any shelters in Rio that allow people to help shelter a dog for any shelters here? I’m graduated out of high school, college didn’t work, so I’ll be working here in Brazil sometime once the job im waiting for is available, so paying for the food and needs won’t be a problem, I have the responsibility and such, just finding the right sized dog and find a/the Dog shelters in Rio is quite hard since I’m not a Portuguese speaker nor am I from the country.. but any info would be great about any local shelters here that could allow the help to take a dog off a shelters hand to help make room for other animals.

Thank you

http://www.thedailytail.com Daniela Caride

That is great, Ian. Now is the time to foster a pet in Rio. You should definitely get in touch with GARRA Animal or ONG Estimação. They need foster homes ASAP because of the horrible outcome of the mudslides.

You can e-mail GARRA at adote@garranimal.com.br or call them at (21) 9258-8445. It would be easier if you spoke Portuguese, but I know GARRA has a volunteer who speaks English, so if not possible to communicate in Portuguese, they can always forward her your e-mail. It may take more time, though. If you want me to mediate the comunication, I’d be glad to help. Let me know, and I will send them an e-mail directly, copying you, and explaining the situation.

Ian_m911

Thank you for the website. I’ll try seeing it through with my parents about these new organizations I’ve just learned about.

I was trying to get in touch with SUIPA (suipa.org) tried to see if they would let me help foster a dog, but I guess my english to their portuguese led to 0 questions answered of mine, haha but thank you for these new websites. I’ll definitely be trying to get in touch with them and figure out what my parents think, I’ll be probably be in touch if I get a dog.

Thank you for your help and time!

Ian M.

http://www.thedailytail.com Daniela Caride

Yeah, Suipa is a great organization that doesn’t get any government funding to trap and house hundreds of pets. They do not foster pets in families. They only adopt out. I know that GARRA needs constant fostering. So if you can help, they will love it. I am friends with Renata there, but she doesn’t speak English.

Ian_m911

I would love to get in touch with the GARRA to see if I can help foster a dog! It would be a great opportunity as I haven’t ever volunteered to help foster any animal before. If you can, getting in touch with them for me would be great and explaining my situation to them as well, since I do not speak portuguese.

Thanks much!
ian

Ian_m911

I forgot to add – it would be great if you could contact which ever website allows people to help Foster a dog until a real owner is interested. I live in Rio, so hopefully the location of their base isn’t to far. my email is Ian_m911@yahoo.com if you would like to forward them my contact info,

thanks!

Cyntia_Goulart

Can you believe that Fabiano Jacob, the guy (at this photo) who rescued Caramelo was fired? Apparently some authorities of Rio de Janeiro/ALERJ got jealous of him. No other possible explanation.

Major Eduardo Paes has been ignoring all messages he has been receiving from Brazilian protector across the country. Just check their Twitter profiles @FabianoJacob and @eduardopaes_

http://www.thedailytail.com Daniela Caride

Omigod! That’s horrible! After all he’s done for the animals?? That’s cruel. :-(

http://twitter.com/Nessie4167 Vanessa

Hi I found his email and sent him an email how mean that they fired him after all he has done for the animals, we should allw rite to the nayor his email is the followingEDUPAES@UOL.COM.BR